The 2025 No Filter Poker Series Nordic & Baltic Championship Open brought tons of new energy during the first four days, with two more days of action at OlyBet’s flagship home, Olympic Park Casino, and the adjoining Hilton Tallinn Park will bring an exciting climax.
Monday witnessed the final two of five opening flights of the €1,100 No Filter Main Event, with 285 entries creating a €270,750 prize pool and counting. Figures will continue to grow in this unique event, which guarantees at least €100,000 to the winner for the first three 40-minute blind levels of Day 2 when action resumes on Monday at Noon. Tuesday will witness a champion being crowned on the OlyBet Poker live stream to conclude the festival in style.
Estonian poker legend Ranno Sootla leads the way after parlaying his 50,000 opening stack into 333,000. Sootla will forever be known as the first Kings of Tallinn Main Event champion a decade ago in 2015. He has added many accolades over the years, including earning a WSOP Circuit Tallinn gold ring in 2023 after shipping the €660 Mystery Bounty.
Sootla is not the only former champion with a healthy stack. Finland’s Kai Lehto, who won the 2023 Kings of Tallinn Summer Showdown Main Event, is just behind Sootla with 320,000, while 2020 Kings of Tallinn Johan Karlsson is in fourth place with 291,000. Also in the top five to start Day 2 are the formidable Finnish duo Mikael Haapaniemi (third – 308,000) and Henri Antikainen (fifth – 288,000). OlyBet Events via its media partner poker.pro will update throughout the day with the PokerNews team back reporting on the floor after a day off to live report Day 2 and the final day on Tuesday.
While many chose to battle in the Main Event, others were busy trophy hunting on Monday’s two one-day side events. The defending No Filter Main Event champion Rohan Oberoi already bagged up 93,500 in the Main Event and made the most of his day off by shipping the €350 NLH Deep Stack for €6,650.
Sweden swept the board with Gustav Söderholm earning the trophy in the €555 NLH Progressive Bounty for €3,350 plus bounties.
Meanwhile, the evening witnessed a legendary €25/€50 live-streamed cash game, with games rotating between no-limit hold’em, four-card PLO, and five-card PLO. No Filter founder Mounir Tajiou was among the players entertaining the masses, with legends Michael Mizrachi, Juha Helppi, Kai Lehto, and Joonas Helin also making an appearance.
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€1,100 No Filter Main Event Day 2 Preview
Day 2 of the three-day Main Event kicks off at Noon on Tuesday with blinds at 1,000/2,000 (2,000). Players can enter and re-enter during the first three blind levels of Day 2 with a fresh stack of 50,000 chips. Late registration will be closed after the break, and the tournament organizers will announce the payouts soon after.
Players will battle deep into the money, and the action is scheduled to conclude when a final table of nine hopefuls is reached. This is subject to change depending on the flow of the event, to allow players to be rested for the final day, when the money jumps will be significant.
As mentioned, Estonia’s Ranno Sootla leads the way, but it is still anyone’s game with many big names as hungry as Sootla for the trophy and the six-figure top prize. Check out the top 10 chip counts to start Day 2 below:
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ranno Sootla | Estonia | 333,000 | 167 |
| 2 |  Kai Lehto | Finland | 320,000 | 160 |
| 3 | Mikael Haapaniemi | Finland | 308,000 | 154 |
| 4 |  Johan Karlsson | Sweden | 291,000 | 146 |
| 5 | Henri Antikainen | Finland | 288,000 | 144 |
| 6 | Evgeny Vyal | Estonia | 271,500 | 136 |
| 7 |  Nicolay Langfeldt | Norway | 266,500 | 133 |
| 8 | Henri Katila | Finland | 261,000 | 131 |
| 9 | Petteri Miettinen | Finland | 251,000 | 126 |
| 10 |  Joel Torres Jimenez | Spain | 241,000 | 121 |
No Filter Main Event Champion Rohan Oberoi Wins €350 NLH Deep Stack
The €350 NLH Deep Stack attracted 79 entries to create a €23,266 prize pool. The trophy was guaranteed to Sweden after the Finnish duo of Heikki Rahikka (third – €3,070) and the 2024 Queens of Tallinn €250 Main Event champion Saara Benlamine (fourth – €2,240) headed to the payout desks, leaving just the defending No Filter Main Event champion Rohan Oberoi and Marcus Hallabro heads-up.
The poker.pro live reporter Christoffer Karlen recently interviewed Marcus Hallabro about his journey in becoming a professional poker player and we could have had a different headline if the action played out differently. Instead, we have a Main Event champion winning a side event for €6,650, while Hallabro can add €4,350 to his bankroll for finishing one spot shy of the trophy.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rohan Oberoi | Sweden | €6,650 |
| 2 | Marcus Hallabro | Sweden | €4,350 |
| 3 | Heikki Rahikka | Finland | €3,070 |
| 4 | Saara Benlamine | Finland | €2,240 |
| 5 | David Marfil | Spain | €1,655 |
| 6 | Jawad Habib | Sweden | €1,250 |
| 7 | Osku Karttunen | Finland | €1,030 |
| 8 | Rene Cifuentes | Spain | €860 |
| 9 | Mattias Lamell | Sweden | €760 |
| 10 | Evgeny Vyal | Estonia | €700 |
| 11 | Rimon Yousef | Sweden | €700 |
Gustaf Söderholm Wins €555 NLH Progressive Bounty
The €555 NLH Progressive Bounty was a turbo-charged affair with a 15-minute clock. A total of 46 entries battled for €21,850 in prizes, including €9,200 in bounties.
Sweden’s Gustaf Söderholm and Finland’s Eetu Sepponen locked up €3,350 plus bounties to start the heads-up action after Denmark’s Peter Jaksland exited in third place for €2,250 plus bounties. Söderholm defeated his opponent to win the massive final bounty and will bring a trophy back to Sweden.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gustaf Söderholm | Sweden | €3,350 |
| 2 | Eetu Sepponen | Finland | €3,350 |
| 3 |  Peter Jaksland | Denmark | €2,250 |
| 4 | Vesa Heikkinen | Finland | €1,590 |
| 5 | Mikael Haapaniemi | Finland | €1,210 |
| 6 |  Tomas Bulksas | Lithuania | €900 |
2025 No Filter Poker Series Day 5 Schedule (Tuesday, Oct. 21)
While cash games are running through the night into the day, the tournament schedule on Tuesday at the 2025 No Filter Poker Series Nordic & Baltic Championship Open at Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Tallinn Park, with Day 2 of the €1,100 NLH No Filter Main Event.
High rollers have already earmarked the two-day €3,000 NLH No Filter Highroller at 3 p.m. This six-max affair format has proved popular for years at festivals in Tallinn, and fireworks are expected today with the action playing down to the money.
Players will have three chances to win trophies on Tuesday in the €350 NLH Progressive Bounty at 4 p.m., the €555 PLO4/PLO5 at 6 p.m., and the €555 NLH 8-handed at 9 p.m.
Additionally, women in attendance will have a free shot at playing Wednesday’s €150 NLH Women’s Only in a free-to-enter Freebuy at 7 p.m. This event also allows for €20 rebuys and add-ons; however, many players over the years have managed to punch their ticket for free, and it is an amazing opportunity for those who want a risk-free poker experience.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 12:00 | Event #5: €1,100 NLH No Filter Main Event Day 2 |
| 15:00 | Event #15: €3,000 NLH No Filter Highroller Day 1, 6-handed, Plays down to Money Day 1 |
| 16:00 | Event #16: €350 NLH Progressive Bounty, €100 Bounties |
| 18:00 | Event #17: €555 PLO4/PLO5, Button Round Each, 8-handed, 6-handed when 18 players remaining |
| 19:00 | Event #18: FREEBUY Women-Only Satellite! €20 Rebuys & Add-On, 5 x €150 Women-Only Event Seats GTD for Wed Oct 22! |
| 21:00 | Event #19: €555 NLH, 8-handed |
